Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers Hourly(2) Weekly(3) Annual(4) Occupation(1) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $26.15 $20.99 $1,020 $818 39.0 $52,555 $42,501 2,009 Management occupations.............................................. 53.62 48.44 2,109 1,904 39.3 109,649 99,001 2,045 General and operations managers................................... 74.61 67.44 2,983 2,712 40.0 155,113 141,003 2,079 Advertising and promotions managers............................... 39.53 39.37 1,621 1,595 41.0 84,316 82,915 2,133 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 62.08 55.29 2,448 2,212 39.4 127,297 114,999 2,050 Marketing managers.............................................. 65.07 65.77 2,515 2,603 38.6 130,770 135,357 2,010 Sales managers.................................................. 56.20 46.64 2,308 2,027 41.1 120,038 105,423 2,136 Public relations managers......................................... 63.32 60.44 2,477 2,115 39.1 128,815 110,001 2,034 Administrative services managers.................................. 34.03 34.98 1,330 1,332 39.1 69,145 69,249 2,032 Computer and information systems managers......................... 66.03 61.29 2,612 2,402 39.6 135,813 124,900 2,057 Financial managers................................................ 58.87 49.80 2,297 1,972 39.0 119,458 102,550 2,029 Human resources managers.......................................... 46.44 48.44 1,807 1,937 38.9 93,941 100,747 2,023 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 42.41 41.40 1,624 1,739 38.3 84,465 90,413 1,992 Purchasing managers............................................... 59.81 62.92 2,364 2,531 39.5 122,938 131,608 2,055 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 44.70 35.70 1,761 1,428 39.4 91,595 74,248 2,049 Education administrators.......................................... 37.73 30.62 1,447 1,196 38.3 75,248 62,180 1,994 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 39.55 31.22 1,503 1,212 38.0 78,166 63,049 1,976 Engineering managers.............................................. 56.43 56.62 2,274 2,265 40.3 118,236 117,763 2,095 Medical and health services managers.............................. 51.11 50.43 1,976 1,891 38.7 102,765 98,342 2,011 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.23 29.00 1,295 1,113 39.0 67,342 57,868 2,026 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.27 25.72 1,094 1,029 40.1 56,852 53,498 2,085 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 28.74 29.51 1,148 1,180 40.0 59,648 61,372 2,075 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.57 24.45 1,031 973 40.3 53,609 50,619 2,096 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 28.94 25.24 1,114 1,000 38.5 57,934 52,003 2,002 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 28.92 25.15 1,114 1,000 38.5 57,926 52,000 2,003 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.82 24.25 1,114 917 38.6 57,908 47,699 2,009 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 24.24 22.53 942 810 38.9 49,006 42,120 2,022 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 27.43 23.80 1,060 952 38.6 55,133 49,504 2,010 Training and development specialists............................ 33.65 31.20 1,293 1,248 38.4 67,222 64,888 1,998 Management analysts............................................... 36.22 33.13 1,412 1,325 39.0 73,435 68,906 2,027 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.26 26.92 1,211 1,061 38.8 62,993 55,162 2,015 Credit analysts................................................... 31.70 20.90 1,201 784 37.9 62,460 40,755 1,970 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 46.08 37.92 1,795 1,442 39.0 93,335 75,001 2,026 Financial analysts.............................................. 46.36 39.33 1,818 1,525 39.2 94,530 79,296 2,039 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 35.18 32.69 1,294 1,253 36.8 67,284 65,140 1,912 Financial examiners............................................... 35.87 21.72 1,324 814 36.9 68,872 42,350 1,920 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 33.33 18.92 1,272 731 38.2 66,156 38,002 1,985 Loan officers................................................... 36.19 19.11 1,374 790 38.0 71,427 41,105 1,974 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.88 38.66 1,514 1,494 38.9 78,567 77,704 2,021 Computer programmers.............................................. 34.31 35.01 1,356 1,400 39.5 70,489 72,823 2,055 Computer software engineers....................................... 47.09 43.96 1,830 1,731 38.9 95,158 90,000 2,021 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 48.90 47.09 1,888 1,805 38.6 98,164 93,870 2,008 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.01 43.96 1,795 1,691 39.0 93,335 87,942 2,029 Computer support specialists...................................... 28.24 25.50 1,086 992 38.5 55,916 51,569 1,980 Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.15 40.54 1,568 1,612 39.1 81,541 83,803 2,031 Database administrators........................................... 33.94 30.26 1,284 1,135 37.8 66,778 59,007 1,968 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 39.99 36.94 1,569 1,385 39.2 81,591 72,041 2,040 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 37.35 36.05 1,474 1,442 39.5 76,666 74,984 2,052 Actuaries......................................................... 46.91 51.20 1,855 2,048 39.5 96,448 106,500 2,056 Statisticians..................................................... 48.89 46.62 1,873 1,748 38.3 97,377 90,899 1,992 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.87 35.08 1,478 1,423 40.1 76,843 74,007 2,084 Architects, except naval.......................................... 35.18 32.09 1,405 1,284 39.9 73,048 66,747 2,076 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 35.18 32.09 1,405 1,284 39.9 73,048 66,747 2,076 Engineers......................................................... 40.25 39.41 1,617 1,576 40.2 84,093 81,973 2,089 Civil engineers................................................. 34.71 31.63 1,410 1,423 40.6 73,316 74,007 2,112 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 42.53 42.93 1,701 1,717 40.0 88,455 89,303 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.82 42.93 1,673 1,717 40.0 86,977 89,303 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 46.50 44.75 1,860 1,790 40.0 96,722 93,084 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.62 33.46 1,465 1,338 40.0 76,162 69,597 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.05 33.90 1,482 1,356 40.0 77,069 70,512 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 37.77 35.59 1,516 1,428 40.1 78,769 72,977 2,085 Drafters.......................................................... 29.02 27.46 1,161 1,099 40.0 60,359 57,123 2,080 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 33.66 35.95 1,346 1,438 40.0 70,005 74,776 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.13 26.46 1,076 1,058 39.7 55,976 55,037 2,063 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 27.36 25.63 1,089 1,025 39.8 56,636 53,310 2,070 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.52 27.82 1,244 1,064 38.2 64,230 55,349 1,975 Life scientists................................................... 36.72 38.94 1,384 1,446 37.7 71,976 75,215 1,960 Biological scientists........................................... 32.27 26.97 1,215 1,038 37.7 63,202 53,977 1,959 Medical scientists.............................................. 39.74 43.20 1,502 1,631 37.8 78,099 84,802 1,965 Physical scientists............................................... 43.47 38.87 1,652 1,522 38.0 85,928 79,165 1,977 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 37.85 32.03 1,514 1,281 40.0 78,724 66,624 2,080 Chemists...................................................... 38.84 32.55 1,553 1,302 40.0 80,781 67,700 2,080 Market and survey researchers..................................... 23.75 23.34 907 880 38.2 47,174 45,760 1,986 Market research analysts........................................ 23.75 23.34 907 880 38.2 47,174 45,760 1,986 Psychologists..................................................... 37.96 33.80 1,470 1,268 38.7 67,573 65,910 1,780 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 37.96 33.80 1,470 1,268 38.7 67,573 65,910 1,780 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 20.35 18.51 801 730 39.4 41,670 37,960 2,047 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.37 19.48 810 731 37.9 42,082 38,000 1,969 Counselors........................................................ 20.66 20.54 796 769 38.5 41,225 40,004 1,995 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 22.74 18.79 874 721 38.5 45,468 37,486 2,000 Social workers.................................................... 22.93 21.94 855 821 37.3 44,437 42,682 1,938 Medical and public health social workers........................ 26.59 26.37 967 923 36.4 50,300 48,001 1,892 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 17.59 16.83 677 673 38.5 35,195 35,000 2,000 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 19.21 15.38 738 615 38.4 38,395 31,990 1,998 Legal occupations................................................... 56.17 53.38 2,133 2,135 38.0 110,334 111,022 1,964 Lawyers........................................................... 68.61 53.38 2,633 2,450 38.4 136,930 127,402 1,996 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 28.68 27.91 1,052 977 36.7 54,687 50,803 1,907 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.49 38.62 1,595 1,443 36.7 69,446 66,113 1,597 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 56.45 50.09 2,139 1,939 37.9 85,993 75,740 1,523 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 76.53 74.92 2,877 2,957 37.6 106,645 102,000 1,393 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 62.69 59.20 2,337 2,259 37.3 86,343 83,961 1,377 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 64.66 67.32 2,381 2,600 36.8 88,258 83,208 1,365 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 59.91 58.78 2,231 2,244 37.2 82,582 72,612 1,378 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 54.73 50.12 2,023 1,825 37.0 73,438 68,640 1,342 Psychology teachers, postsecondary............................ 47.22 44.84 1,828 1,584 38.7 68,509 68,640 1,451 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 58.17 50.18 2,190 1,878 37.7 91,316 74,000 1,570 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 65.00 62.15 2,438 2,247 37.5 97,364 74,000 1,498 Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary............... 40.17 38.62 1,529 1,545 38.0 72,208 77,415 1,797 Education and library science teachers, postsecondary........... 45.67 44.76 1,731 1,606 37.9 62,689 61,002 1,373 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 52.71 51.03 1,950 1,914 37.0 74,938 74,264 1,422 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 56.40 54.11 2,044 1,963 36.2 81,800 78,980 1,450 History teachers, postsecondary............................... 49.31 51.03 1,876 1,914 38.0 67,857 63,146 1,376 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 45.20 39.46 1,760 1,575 38.9 76,495 68,364 1,692 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... – – 1,264 1,031 32.3 51,695 46,118 1,321 Librarians........................................................ 33.76 26.84 1,198 955 35.5 62,271 49,672 1,845 Library technicians............................................... 18.34 18.35 667 696 36.4 34,674 36,200 1,891 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 35.66 30.05 1,380 1,197 38.7 69,011 54,288 1,935 Designers......................................................... 29.93 25.00 1,152 962 38.5 59,904 49,999 2,002 Graphic designers............................................... 31.72 23.38 1,205 935 38.0 62,674 48,630 1,976 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 40.15 37.62 1,624 1,505 40.4 84,438 78,245 2,103 Producers and directors......................................... 40.15 37.62 1,624 1,505 40.4 84,438 78,245 2,103 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 24.26 27.79 944 972 38.9 45,657 45,999 1,882 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 24.26 27.79 944 972 38.9 45,657 45,999 1,882 Public relations specialists...................................... 28.97 24.60 1,098 927 37.9 57,110 48,204 1,971 Writers and editors............................................... 28.87 24.23 1,111 942 38.5 57,760 49,000 2,001 Editors......................................................... 30.29 24.23 1,149 934 37.9 59,729 48,593 1,972 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.43 29.93 1,292 1,160 38.6 67,020 59,846 2,005 Pharmacists....................................................... 52.89 52.55 2,081 2,061 39.3 108,222 107,153 2,046 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 61.08 33.71 2,380 1,309 39.0 123,774 68,053 2,027 Registered nurses................................................. 35.87 35.60 1,373 1,356 38.3 71,316 70,518 1,988 Therapists........................................................ 30.51 29.78 1,180 1,154 38.7 60,340 58,381 1,978 Physical therapists............................................. 31.19 31.46 1,212 1,190 38.9 62,247 58,443 1,996 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 29.22 30.68 1,159 1,224 39.7 60,293 63,667 2,063 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.09 22.03 870 856 39.4 45,234 44,519 2,048 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 26.07 25.41 1,021 1,016 39.2 53,098 52,853 2,037 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 17.78 17.21 704 651 39.6 36,618 33,852 2,060 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.96 27.35 997 993 38.4 51,867 51,617 1,998 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 20.44 20.69 788 831 38.6 40,998 43,195 2,005 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.28 25.58 979 1,016 38.7 50,884 52,832 2,012 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 22.41 26.08 874 1,000 39.0 45,466 52,007 2,028 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.94 16.52 651 653 38.5 33,864 33,946 1,999 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 15.99 15.29 610 612 38.1 31,707 31,803 1,982 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.29 21.26 819 804 38.4 42,568 41,808 1,999 Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.89 16.00 663 640 39.3 34,498 33,280 2,042 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 26.01 25.93 1,103 1,037 42.4 57,355 53,934 2,205 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 26.01 25.93 1,103 1,037 42.4 57,355 53,934 2,205 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.40 12.62 515 490 38.4 26,795 25,480 1,999 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.93 12.19 495 472 38.3 25,743 24,565 1,991 Home health aides............................................... 11.20 10.00 427 400 38.1 22,191 20,800 1,982 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.85 13.16 532 516 38.4 27,662 26,853 1,997 Psychiatric aides............................................... 11.32 10.04 429 384 37.9 22,283 19,988 1,969 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.74 15.67 619 623 39.3 32,168 32,390 2,043 Medical assistants.............................................. 15.17 15.40 600 616 39.6 31,221 32,032 2,058 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 17.35 17.34 681 649 39.2 35,392 33,761 2,040 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.10 15.87 605 635 37.6 31,468 33,010 1,955 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.58 14.57 645 574 38.9 32,866 29,328 1,983 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.35 11.30 483 444 39.1 25,120 23,088 2,034 Security guards................................................. 12.33 11.25 482 444 39.1 25,082 23,088 2,034 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.40 11.45 487 457 39.3 25,163 23,774 2,029 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 20.22 19.23 825 808 40.8 42,481 41,600 2,101 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 20.69 20.07 846 808 40.9 43,543 42,033 2,105 Cooks............................................................. 14.35 14.00 557 560 38.8 28,630 29,090 1,995 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 14.90 15.07 569 594 38.2 29,402 30,867 1,973 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.87 12.47 515 499 40.0 26,110 25,936 2,029 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.39 11.11 453 444 39.7 23,283 22,984 2,045 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.37 6.50 288 259 39.1 14,920 13,520 2,023 Bartenders...................................................... 10.23 10.47 390 417 38.1 20,274 21,694 1,982 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.73 6.00 264 226 39.2 13,723 11,752 2,040 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.38 7.50 326 300 38.9 16,625 15,600 1,985 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.37 10.52 404 409 38.9 20,994 21,287 2,025 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 11.64 11.23 460 444 39.5 23,909 23,108 2,054 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.87 8.50 339 320 38.3 17,654 16,640 1,991 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 12.75 12.40 491 472 38.5 25,512 24,551 2,001 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.72 9.00 389 360 40.0 20,125 18,720 2,071 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 10.38 9.48 415 379 40.0 21,597 19,720 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.79 16.92 663 650 39.5 34,296 33,444 2,043 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 33.37 22.91 1,326 916 39.7 68,934 47,653 2,066 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 23.24 22.91 922 916 39.6 47,923 47,653 2,062 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.93 16.66 629 631 39.5 32,721 32,828 2,054 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.11 16.10 640 616 39.7 33,264 32,032 2,064 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 14.69 12.80 572 481 38.9 29,726 25,019 2,024 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.31 9.50 411 380 39.9 17,840 16,640 1,731 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.31 9.50 411 380 39.9 17,840 16,640 1,731 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.10 9.90 477 396 36.4 23,848 20,592 1,820 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 17.45 15.51 698 620 40.0 36,296 32,261 2,080 Slot key persons................................................ 14.27 14.62 571 585 40.0 29,678 30,410 2,080 Gaming services workers........................................... 7.67 7.75 307 310 40.0 15,956 16,120 2,080 Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.31 7.55 292 302 40.0 15,198 15,704 2,080 Child care workers................................................ 9.97 10.09 380 402 38.1 19,783 20,883 1,984 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.03 8.93 358 340 39.7 18,626 17,680 2,063 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.79 11.50 446 460 41.3 12,556 3,621 1,164 Recreation workers.............................................. 10.79 11.50 446 460 41.3 12,556 3,621 1,164 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.16 16.00 910 618 39.3 47,230 32,146 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.74 18.27 827 731 39.9 43,004 38,002 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.44 17.93 693 704 39.8 36,047 36,587 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 50.90 48.94 2,083 1,958 40.9 108,301 101,799 2,128 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.51 11.92 533 475 39.4 27,597 24,710 2,042 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.99 11.40 473 452 39.4 24,345 23,421 2,030 Cashiers...................................................... 11.95 11.30 471 450 39.4 24,243 23,296 2,029 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.24 12.34 561 492 39.4 29,154 25,603 2,048 Insurance sales agents............................................ 25.09 20.86 964 834 38.4 50,129 43,389 1,998 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 48.79 43.27 1,911 1,720 39.2 99,364 89,438 2,037 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 41.02 43.76 1,618 1,751 39.5 84,155 91,066 2,052 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 39.81 41.15 1,582 1,697 39.7 82,251 88,269 2,066 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 22.69 18.56 846 697 37.3 43,987 36,234 1,939 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.41 17.30 714 671 38.8 37,067 34,861 2,013 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 25.92 21.77 1,004 867 38.7 52,206 45,074 2,014 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 16.65 17.08 600 598 36.0 31,182 31,077 1,872 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.36 16.33 673 647 38.8 34,972 33,629 2,015 Bill and account collectors..................................... 17.67 16.00 692 623 39.2 35,992 32,370 2,037 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.29 16.33 665 653 38.4 34,577 33,968 1,999 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.46 16.61 673 646 38.5 34,993 33,579 2,004 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.17 19.64 756 722 39.4 39,293 37,540 2,050 Procurement clerks.............................................. 16.46 14.15 656 566 39.9 34,120 29,432 2,073 Tellers......................................................... 13.74 13.20 541 525 39.4 28,156 27,315 2,049 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 22.03 21.71 866 846 39.3 45,024 44,000 2,044 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.49 16.22 691 646 39.5 35,728 33,500 2,043 File clerks....................................................... 12.99 12.86 507 513 39.1 26,387 26,686 2,032 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.42 15.15 589 599 38.2 30,646 31,142 1,987 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 15.04 13.09 579 524 38.5 30,028 27,227 1,996 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 16.51 16.68 647 659 39.2 33,637 34,273 2,038 Order clerks...................................................... 18.43 17.60 721 700 39.1 35,241 35,745 1,912 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 20.81 20.74 804 752 38.6 41,814 39,093 2,009 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 16.66 16.44 643 643 38.6 32,919 33,446 1,976 Dispatchers....................................................... 23.31 17.00 926 687 39.7 48,169 35,707 2,067 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 23.82 16.16 949 646 39.8 49,331 33,613 2,071 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 20.75 18.93 821 763 39.6 42,717 39,659 2,058 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.58 11.83 543 473 40.0 28,240 24,606 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.77 12.04 501 475 39.2 26,026 24,679 2,038 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.47 21.36 858 827 38.2 44,609 42,999 1,985 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.47 22.00 896 849 38.2 46,575 44,129 1,984 Legal secretaries............................................... 29.15 30.55 1,059 1,069 36.3 55,077 55,592 1,889 Medical secretaries............................................. 18.18 18.25 695 703 38.2 36,116 36,550 1,987 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.79 19.57 768 769 38.8 39,927 39,998 2,018 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 17.40 16.12 670 641 38.5 34,859 33,345 2,003 Data entry keyers............................................... 15.56 14.82 603 591 38.8 31,356 30,713 2,015 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.23 16.91 625 647 38.5 32,510 33,657 2,003 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.69 13.22 531 529 38.8 27,630 27,498 2,018 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.88 17.72 689 680 38.5 35,831 35,337 2,004 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 32.43 30.64 1,277 1,227 39.4 64,937 61,568 2,002 Construction laborers............................................. 26.52 28.55 1,061 1,142 40.0 52,202 51,390 1,968 Construction equipment operators.................................. 27.69 22.49 1,108 900 40.0 57,596 46,783 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 27.69 22.49 1,108 900 40.0 57,596 46,783 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 33.81 30.64 1,261 1,226 37.3 65,578 63,731 1,939 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.14 12.72 486 509 40.0 25,248 26,458 2,080 Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................... 29.06 25.44 1,144 1,018 39.4 56,895 52,915 1,958 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.80 23.89 988 956 39.8 51,349 49,691 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 31.39 27.87 1,236 1,115 39.4 64,207 57,970 2,046 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 25.60 24.05 1,024 962 40.0 53,248 50,014 2,080 Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.................................................... 31.57 31.22 1,263 1,249 40.0 65,666 64,938 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 26.41 26.84 1,057 1,074 40.0 54,940 55,827 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.34 13.46 614 538 40.0 31,907 27,997 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 14.84 13.15 594 526 40.0 30,877 27,348 2,080 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 22.51 21.80 901 872 40.0 46,828 45,344 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.03 21.11 878 842 39.9 45,647 43,763 2,072 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.13 20.45 886 818 40.0 46,093 42,536 2,083 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 22.05 22.16 875 862 39.7 45,484 44,824 2,063 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 20.50 19.47 820 779 40.0 42,582 40,498 2,077 Millwrights..................................................... 24.40 22.03 973 881 39.9 50,610 45,822 2,074 Line installers and repairers..................................... 32.09 33.62 1,284 1,345 40.0 66,756 69,930 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 35.15 37.39 1,406 1,496 40.0 73,113 77,771 2,080 Precision instrument and equipment repairers...................... 33.90 35.89 1,318 1,387 38.9 68,526 72,131 2,021 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.55 20.58 816 823 39.7 42,416 42,796 2,064 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 17.86 19.69 712 788 39.9 37,041 40,955 2,074 Production occupations.............................................. 17.98 17.40 717 696 39.9 37,195 36,109 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 28.50 29.24 1,131 1,170 39.7 58,819 60,823 2,064 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.63 17.46 705 698 40.0 36,676 36,317 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 17.74 15.13 710 605 40.0 36,902 31,468 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 18.22 19.02 729 761 40.0 37,907 39,562 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.81 13.47 546 539 39.6 28,399 28,018 2,057 Team assemblers................................................. 16.75 16.00 670 640 40.0 34,844 33,280 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 19.31 21.62 772 865 40.0 40,169 44,970 2,080 Slaughterers and meat packers................................... 15.20 16.68 608 667 40.0 31,615 34,694 2,080 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 16.48 17.99 659 720 40.0 34,280 37,419 2,080 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.76 16.95 630 678 40.0 32,783 35,256 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 16.87 16.75 675 670 40.0 35,047 34,840 2,078 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 19.23 18.25 769 730 40.0 39,998 37,960 2,080 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 19.70 19.43 788 777 40.0 40,977 40,414 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 18.38 18.00 729 696 39.7 37,893 36,192 2,062 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.42 15.00 646 600 39.3 33,575 31,200 2,045 Machinists........................................................ 23.32 22.50 930 900 39.9 48,371 46,800 2,074 Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders...................... 18.81 17.80 747 712 39.7 38,762 37,024 2,061 Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders.................... 19.99 19.34 791 774 39.6 40,980 40,227 2,050 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 16.30 16.10 652 644 40.0 33,898 33,488 2,080 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.89 16.10 636 644 40.0 33,048 33,488 2,080 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 17.68 19.32 707 773 40.0 36,774 40,186 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 27.02 27.50 1,068 1,100 39.5 55,558 57,194 2,056 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.89 19.16 796 766 40.0 41,377 39,853 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.21 19.50 809 780 40.0 42,045 40,560 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.44 16.56 698 662 40.0 36,211 34,445 2,076 Printers.......................................................... 22.28 21.22 878 849 39.4 45,646 44,127 2,049 Printing machine operators...................................... 21.98 21.50 862 860 39.2 44,826 44,728 2,039 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 12.07 10.70 468 428 38.8 24,351 22,256 2,018 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 17.81 19.00 713 760 40.0 37,051 39,520 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.35 14.28 574 571 40.0 29,845 29,694 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.41 14.42 577 577 40.0 29,979 29,994 2,080 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 30.72 28.19 1,229 1,128 40.0 63,893 58,635 2,080 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 24.90 27.05 1,007 1,082 40.4 52,338 56,264 2,102 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 18.30 19.79 732 792 40.0 38,055 41,163 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 17.07 16.58 683 663 40.0 35,500 34,486 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 14.84 14.96 594 598 40.0 25,071 31,117 1,690 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 14.63 14.96 585 598 40.0 23,773 20,488 1,625 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.29 18.70 777 748 40.3 40,412 38,896 2,095 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.17 13.90 566 556 40.0 29,437 28,912 2,078 Painting workers.................................................. 15.83 16.47 633 659 40.0 32,935 34,258 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.09 13.99 605 582 40.1 31,261 30,243 2,071 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.42 10.31 456 412 39.9 23,074 21,445 2,020 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.37 15.36 724 612 39.4 37,467 31,824 2,040 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 22.45 22.66 911 906 40.6 47,393 47,124 2,111 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 22.63 20.65 899 826 39.7 46,738 42,952 2,065 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 126.71 122.77 2,865 2,593 22.6 148,983 134,829 1,176 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 126.71 122.77 2,865 2,593 22.6 148,983 134,829 1,176 Bus drivers....................................................... 19.48 18.99 796 868 40.9 40,851 45,146 2,098 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.06 19.88 854 795 40.6 44,399 41,350 2,109 Driver/sales workers............................................ 17.49 17.69 704 707 40.2 36,601 36,787 2,093 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.57 19.88 885 795 41.0 46,004 41,350 2,133 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 21.43 24.57 854 871 39.8 44,397 45,302 2,072 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs....................................... 14.06 12.45 536 496 38.1 27,621 25,792 1,964 Parking lot attendants............................................ 7.64 7.29 283 256 37.1 13,600 13,013 1,780 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.04 15.70 641 628 40.0 32,663 32,652 2,036 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.88 11.93 513 477 39.8 26,652 24,814 2,070 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.07 10.88 483 435 40.0 25,114 22,630 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.76 11.93 510 477 39.9 26,497 24,794 2,077 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 19.96 14.76 754 612 37.8 39,135 31,824 1,961 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.75 11.56 468 462 39.8 24,343 24,045 2,071 1 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by hours. 3 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.